Chargers waive linebacker Mike Moore

Chargers waive linebacker Mike Moore

The Chargers have announced that they have waived linebacker Mike Moore.

Moore spent last season on the reserve/injured list after going undrafted out of Kansas State in 2017. He was one of L.A.’s most feel-good stories of rookie minicamp one season ago, after he revealed what he had to overcome to even make it to an NFL training camp.

“After my first game in 2014, I went to the hospital because my back was hurting,” Moore said, per the Chargers’ official site. “I found out that my creatinine levels were at a four. (Normal levels are 0.7-1.2 for men). After they got my kidneys functioning again, I left the hospital. But after I got out, my equilibrium was still off so they ordered an MRI.

Then I found out I had a brain tumor on my pituitary gland . . . (Taking) a shot to the head, I could have died or gone blind. My world seemed like it ended. Football was how I planned on providing for my family because I had just found out that my son was on the way. I was in my senior year going to graduate in the winter and I wanted to play ball. When they told me there was a possibility I wouldn’t be able to play, it was so defeating.”

Moore had a procedure to remove the benign tumor that allowed him to avoid having his skull cracked (which would have ended his football career) and ultimately return to the sport that he loved.

Inside linebacker is a position of need for Los Angeles heading into Thursday’s draft and with the team parting ways with Moore, that could mean that it is even more likely to see general manager Tom Telesco go LB relatively early on this weekend.

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